Multiplex computer inquiry stations



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MULTIPLEX COMPUTER INQUIRY STATIONS Filed Feb. 17, 1958 21 Sheets-Sheet 1 STORAGE LOCATION SELECTION APPARATUS TRANSMITTER TRANSMITTER 1O 12 H OUTPUT |NPUT INVENTOR HENRY A RE/T'FORT A 7' TORNE) Jan. 7, 1964 H A. REITFORT 3,117,306

MULTIPLEX COMPUTER INQUIRY STATIONS Filed Feb. 17, 1958 21 Sheets-Sheet 5 148 'FIC3- a- REGISTER RELAYS Jan. 7, 1964 H. A. REITFORT MULTIPLEX COMPUTER INQUIRY STATIONS 21 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Feb. 17. 195B Jan. 7, 1964 H. A. REITFORT MULTIPLEX COMPUTER INQUIRY STATIONS 21 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Feb. 17, 1958 21 Sheets-Sheet 6 2 90 (NW) (FIG. 29)

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1. IN COMBINATION, A CODE TRANSMITTER OPERABLE TO SELECTIVELY GENERATE VARIABLE DATA MANIFESTATIONS, A REGISTER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID DATA MANIFESTATIONS TO PROVIDE A STATIC INDICATION THEREOF, A STORAGE MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF DATA LOCATIONS TO RECEIVE SAID MANIFESTATIONS, MEANS FOR SELECTING A PARTICULAR STORAGE LOCATION FOR EACH DATA MANIFESTATION FROM SAID REGISTER, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE RECORDING OF SAID MANIFESTATION FOR READING THE MANIFESTATIONS THEN RECORDED AND TRANSMITTING THE SAME TO SAID REGISTER, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A MISMATCH IN THE STATIC INDICATION OF THE MANIFESTATIONS CONTAINED IN SAID REGISTER AND THE MANIFESTATIONS CONTAINED IN SAID STORAGE TO PROVIDE AN INDICATION THEREOF. 